Finally it is at the head of two small structures

What is it that makes running Philippe Marini Why is Senator of Oise still charge this week to defend on behalf of the Finance Committee, which he takes the reins, a range of amendments to the budget group Why it sought, that is eight days, to prohibit credit for consumption in stores, which would be to reserve their distribution to banks Similarly, where he came the idea, in the fall, making tax deductible losses on the stock exchange, and then remove the tax benefit of people with high only children How to explain that the general rapporteur for the budget spending to reduce the taxation of stock options, remove the wealth solidarity tax, prohibit wind turbines, generalize the use of biodegradable bags in supermarkets or simplify the tax system of landholding corporations

The great strength of Philippe Marini, fifty years, is first to his profile: enarque (promotion Simone-Weil, as the Executive Director of the Banking Federation, Ariane Obolensky), Inspector of finance and general competition winner. This is not a chance if he is often asked by Bercy to change legislation to Parliament. "There is not many people for his stand up", the President of the Board of finance, the centrist Jean Arthuis smiles.

Orthodox in Paris, Compiègne less

Then, like all parliamentary, he is inclined to serve the interests of his town, Compiègne, which he is mayor since 1987 and some people are very rich. "It is also comfortable at the podium of the Zicodrome, the theatre of Compiègne, to the podium of the Senate", says Jacky Lebrun, President of the Chamber of commerce and industry of the Oise. That the Government plans to concentrate the staffing of urban solidarity (DSU) on Commons in difficulty, it is immediately dézinguant the project in the hemicycle of the high Assembly. When the 51st transmissions Regiment left the lands of the former camp of Royallieu, Mayor sweeps armies the financing of a memorial to the deportation. When the national Office of forests (ONF) and the superior school of mineral and organic chemistry (Escom) decide to leave the capital, he plays the feet and hands to make his city home. How not to call, finally, the famous parliamentary reserve which he won, as rapporteur of the Committee on finance, power distribution in 2009, who he is and where it wants, the tune of EUR 3.9 million in grants

On the local economic actors, this activism is motivated by electoral ulterior. "Philippe Marini do never listens us", deplored the Medef of Oise, who denounced the 5 increase, recent, of business tax. Or the payment transport in 2007. "It has known it after the fact by the Urssaf", rail several patterns, which ensure that the operation was mounted to finance the bypass of Compiègne. Same sound of a Bell in the large grain from Picardy, which some produce starch required in the manufacture of biodegradable plastic bags. "He never gave our requests", says the leader of a cooperative, seeking him for having submitted the profession to the social solidarity societies (C3S) contribution. And have voted, in the fall, the gradual disappearance of the tax aid to biofuels, despite the presence of ethanol plant Novance at Compiègne.

Is there two Marini Marini in Paris, the Orthodox budget calls for deletions of posts of officials, and feeds a great regret "that never been Budget Minister", as the think one of his relatives... And Marini of Compiègne, more pragmatic "In the Senate, it is the strict father, but at the Town Hall, it is the champion of public jobs, with 800 officers and 400 contractors for 41,000 inhabitants", points his Socialist opponent, Laurence Rossignol. The new Deputy Finance, Eric de Valroger, says another paradox: "last year, the overtime cost 970.000 euros to the city, it is much too much, we will implement an appropriate management control system.

Close links with the finance

Friends Senators wonder sometimes with amusement on some of its fads, such as racehorses or archaeology. Last year, he submitted an amendment to create a tax on mutual games for the benefit of the cities of racecourses. Similarly, in January, Philippe Marini fought those who wanted to reduce the powers of the preventive archaeology to speed up the great work. However bad languages noted that his wife chaired the association organizing the comprehensive competition of Compiègne and that one of his daughters is archaeologist. "I myself am very involved administrator of the society of Compiègne races, said Philippe Marini, in archaeology, it is a profession that it is necessary to defend.

More seriously, who knows that the rapporteur of the budget is very related to viticulture, air transport, real estate and finance He was concerned until very recently by the world of casinos And more formerly by the hospitality in overseas In the private sector, which received only 17 votes for the Presidency of the Senate in September is well surrounded. In addition to his friend Olivier Dassault, UMP member of Oise, it is very close to the businessman Christian Giacomotto, that he has assisted in the 1980s the Bank Arjil, before the track in Gimar finance & Cie, a company of Council mergers and acquisitions (turnover 8 million in 2007). Gimar works extensively with public companies: Areva, France Telecom and the Caisse des Dépôts, incidentally, owns 15 of Gimar and allowed Philippe Marini in its commission of monitoring until last July.

The Mayor of Compiègne is also much to Vincent Hollard, founder of the company financial privacy (Cofip, 30 million of turnover), majority shareholder, until 2007, Didot-Bottin, including Philippe Marini casinos will be Director for eleven years. Today, the Senator sitting on Cofip holding, which is also shareholder of Gimar, owns the land Inea and especially Quinette Gallay, European leader of the seats in theatres, which replaced the 577 seats in the National Assembly two years ago.

"An action here or there, no more."

Another friend of Philippe Marini, Philippe Kessler. Died a few months ago, this former senior official of the Ministry of finance did enter the engineering Serete before you climb in its holding company, the investment Consortium and Group investments furniture (CIPM, net sales EUR 11 million). One time owner of the real estate group GSE and the saline, CIPM group currently owns of vineyards (Chateau Calissanne, the Durançole, the Relagnes domain) and the airline Transport'Air. What shares Philippe Marini holds in these societies "Can I have a warranty action here or there, no more", he tells.

Philippe Marini also exercises the profession of lawyer. "Very occasionally", said. He chairs the centre Euroarbitrage, an association "for stakeholders in the financial markets." It is also very linked to the Arab world, which earned him to be the Special Envoy of Nicolas Sarkozy to Damascus and Riyadh.

Finally, it is at the head of two small structures. Eagle, the name of the street of his luxurious villa at Compiègne, a one-person company based in Saint-Tropez (45.700 euros of turnover) focused its investments in DOM - TOM in the 1990s. "This is more truly active", he says. And the SCI 10, rue Hautefeuille, bringing its Parisian apartments and used him to acquire a large building of the 19th century medieval style above the small port of century, in 2001, West of the Corsica Cape. There, neighbors know him will have restored the two chapels which fell in ruins. But, alas, the village remains dominated by a long bar of wind...